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Melissa Mars - Melissa et son premier album

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Meet Melissa Mars: actress, singer, songwriter, storyteller, dreamer, “Martian.” In the first of her interviews with Yabla, Melissa tells us how her career got launched.
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Caption 14 [en]: while I was writing my first album,
Caption 14 [fr]: alors que j'écrivais mon premier album,
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Les Nubians - Les origines et les influences

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Hélène and Célia tell us about their musical influences, origins, and inspiration. When they encountered prejudice about Africa and Africans upon coming back to France, Les Nubians used music to paint a truer picture of African culture.
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Caption 19 [en]: And uh, quite naturally, we arrived at singing together, writing together, uh...
Caption 19 [fr]: Et euh, assez naturellement, on en est venue à chanter ensemble, composer ensemble, euh...
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Bertrand Pierre - Victor Hugo

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Bertrand Pierre was inspired by Victor Hugo, and Victor Hugo was inspired by his very active love life. As it turns out, Hugo’s little love poems make for great song lyrics.
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Caption 11 [en]: precisely because there's a lightness, there's a breeziness in the writing, there's a modernity.
Caption 11 [fr]: justement parce que, y a une légèreté, y a une rapidité dans l'écriture, y a une modernité.
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Hugo Bonneville - Être musicien

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Canada

Meet troubadour Hugo Bonneville, a socially aware singer-songwriter whose love of words makes his lyrics pure poetry. Hugo shares with us what being a musician means to him.
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Caption 1 [en]: So, um, he's a man of words; he's been writing songs for twenty years.
Caption 1 [fr]: Alors, euh, c'est un homme de mots; il écrit des chansons depuis vingt ans.
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Neïmo - Interview de Neïmo

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

From Scratch is not only the name of Neïmo’s first album, it also sums up their ethos. Original and full of energy, Neïmo is a distinctive part of a rock and roll trend: made in France but sung in English! According to the band, rock and roll is best done in its original language. Hear about how they mix their inspirations and influences with their innovation.
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Caption 22 [en]: And as soon as we started writing songs, we said to ourselves, it would be better in English,
Caption 22 [fr]: Et dès qu'on a commencé à écrire des chansons, on s'est dit ça serait mieux en anglais,
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Annie Chartrand - Sa musique

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

Canada

From dreams to reality, putting forth “a little bit of energy each day,” Annie Chartrand, a vocalist who debuted singing behind her bathroom door, burst onto the music scene in 2006. Here is an interview with the singer of Ma blonde est une chanteuse [My Girlfriend Is a Singer]—a group that's actually part of a love story…
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Caption 13 [en]: And then gradually, I gained confidence, and I took to writing some songs.
Caption 13 [fr]: Et puis tranquillement, j'ai pris confiance et je me suis mis à composer des chansons.

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